Yes — that's the whole point. You'll get the Lead → Frame → Invite framework, five different ways to frame an Ask with real language for each, and my own proven ask script — the one I've used in my last two live conversations. You'll leave with an actual opening line for a real donor, not just a concept.

Signals First taught you how to read a donor's readiness — the signals that tell you when someone's ready for a bigger gift.

This workshop picks up exactly where that one leaves off: once you know they're ready, how do you actually lead that conversation to a real, values-based number? Signals First is about knowing when. The Aligned Ask is about knowing what to say once you're there. They're built to work together, but each stands completely on its own — if you've already got Signals First, this is simply the next skill in the sequence.

Neither. If you've never made a major gift Ask before, you'll walk away with a complete structure and the exact words to say — nothing assumed. And if you've been doing this for years, you'll walk away with sharper language, a better cadence, and a few “I never thought about framing it that way” moments. This works because it's built on how donors actually respond, not on where you are in your career.

This isn't sector-specific or size-specific — it's built on donor psychology and relationship-based conversation, which holds whether you're asking for $5,000 or $500,000, at a two-person shop or a university. We'll cover a plain, smaller Ask alongside the bigger examples, so you don't walk away thinking this only applies to transformational gifts.

This is especially for you. General operating asks feel harder because you don't have a campaign to lean on — so we're covering exactly how to make the mission-first shift that gives you a reason to ask, every time, campaign or not.

This workshop assumes you've already got a real relationship with the donor and a sense that they're ready for more — we're not covering prospect research or cultivation here, we're covering the conversation itself, once you're standing at the doorway of the Ask.

If you're not yet sure how to tell when a donor's ready, start with Signals First — it's built to come right before this workshop, and you can grab both (plus After the Ask, for what happens once they say yes) in The Connection-Based Ask series below.

Register anyway — you'll get unlimited access to the replay. But come live if you can: live attendees get to bring their own donor situations to the Q&A and watch me coach real fundraisers on real Asks in real time. That's a lot harder to get from a replay after the fact.

Because I want this in front of as many fundraisers as possible — not just the ones with a training budget already approved. The $97 investment reflects both the immense value of the approach, language and bonus resources you’ll get when you register for The Aligned Ask, as well as the real need for this workshop’s content to be accessible for as many fundraisers as possible.

A live, 60-minute workshop on how to lead a donor from a good relationship to a confident, values-based Ask — plus unlimited replay access, live hot seat coaching, and The Aligned Ask: Words That Work Bonus Resource, a take-home guide with the language and scripts from the session, so you're not trying to remember it all from notes.